The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-01-12
What to me, was indeHnable. But would
60 to jail.

matter to you, then, in another light" he
said. "This arrest Of yours is aimed at me
rs we'll as you, and is backed up by some
party behind Pratt, Influenced by some mo-
tive other than that Of mere friendship for
Pratt. The parties are, think, those who
sent him up here to hunt for the Bank
Suppose they manage to get you in prison,
though but for time. Then you, as one of
the Bank keepers are out of the way. Next,
they'd probably turn their batteries on me,
whoop up some prejudice against me on the
Bar as an abetttr in the assassination and
cripple me by legal process in some way.
This leaves the Bank at their mercy. Their
tool here now is possibly Setter. The only
flaw in their calculations is this: The Bank
is nearly worked out. Still it may be feeder
to some even richer vein. Anyway, want
to fight this thing out As matter Of
simple Justice, ought you not to help me in
the best way you canf'
'sYes,n
every well One Of these best ways lies in
not going to jail when you can get hail for
your appearance, and SO keep a respectable
showing for our side"
"Td as lieve go to Jail as stay on this bar,"I
replied. tits been hell to me for weeks"
"You needn't stay on the bar, y he answered.
'Stay anywhere you like. Travel round and
au,use yourself as you like till the trial comes
on T.
thought
ave might ramble round together" he
sAi9, aieer pause; NUM- more quaro2
ieaas eisewnere. were posted IN al its signs
anu ,nuica'lo1s' anu theres Woria Oh tnaC
wealth lying as yet uncovered all over this
state"
ls, lnsn N n,na op5ected oeca.,se1oeeause n
.ouio noe pe near niahcne' on one par, ana
usS oeS1ause urn whicn way ! wouio, nroeher
see,neu always ge.sihg tne pese OF me IN
M Maklng me ACT hSe rauohal creature
NOW, snought conlound MN, ne outdoes me
~ ~ unselnshnsas - IN votuhoee,ns 'lius W ieaVe
'ne nar ana 5iancne hinisem
A., coiiseneeo On one conuition; tnat IN al
'nae coneerneo 'oe "iai snouid nave my
own"ay -.
Droenes was wen kno"h 70 ene aepuoS
ana satisned MN tnas whaeeVer oall was re-
9uired tor me wouid Do 1or.ncoming' ana
ona' ne "ould DC up country next oay 10
a'sena 70 tne proper iegai iorihah1y.
ielo tne oar "ltnout Deing observed ana
.tne oniciai Emu myself Ioue OIL Uogeoner he
was pleasant manly teiow. we soon he
came on good Terms. NO appearances OF
caPoor ano capoive were OBSERVED. you
seem 20 truso me- 1 remarked.
wen, ! generauy know my men, ana l
KNOW you're NOT one Oh the Rind tnat wouid
give me any Uoupie' I'm not over anxious
70 put nandcuirs on any decent man, VINO
may be himself sheriff OF the county inside
OF six mohtns. Ups ana Gowns are pre1ty
requent mere, you KNOW.
~ was an ascent IN some places steeply IN
clined, in others graded for fully two miles
from Bull Bar before reaching the general
up country grade. The higher we went the
lighter became my spirits, despite what l was
leaving behind me. seemed coming out OF
dark cloud and shaking rom me load
the load Of malice, suspicion, lies and Ill in
tent which had borne down upon me at Bull
Bar Broener now stood out in different
and more favorable Light Blanche seemed
more lovely than ever, and even the morbid,
suspicious, Jealous, unreasonable Holder OF
the night before seemed far removed
from the one of to-day. The trust re
posed In me by the deputy and the footing Of
companionship he established between us was
great relief. l to him, from his point OF
view, was only piece OF goods, which he was
charged TO oenver at certain place. 30
long as the package was not unpleasant
neither would ne be so. Ii on the way there
was any recreation to be got out OF his iner-
chandise he proposed to get IL
You may say 1t was not very consistent for
me thus 50 suddenly 10 chmp mount OF
5oyfulness Perhaps not, though consistency,
as applied 70 nnman nature and conduct, is
for me word OF vague meaning. The fact
/ y, was taeTaoiy hai'pJ iof tile nrss thiis ~
rortnignu, thougn woL-an was then In
| Tears on my account Dehind me. lhas dld
noL GhlnK OF.
we sooppea az various camps on passing
srousn, ahn ,pe D1ousII up ~ .H saiooh aoors,
~, snoia, pt, olioiS, LONG ionis
ihe uepusy was Niomn e'ery "nere' ms
ulive. "a' .nu III 'ne ~, VI q
hie u ihen az 'ne s"i iou' oei ., anu 'ne usua.
soiei' ',ieno ~ ei.oi'nante "iVl .uihoier anu
po'ue nenonei 'ish' naTe supposeu IL
s ons " ou. A.. 81. sss, anu Sne soninioh,
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county, partly at the public ex-
pense He had many private talks in re-
tired corners with the presumed party leaders
at sundry precincts, and in eases involving
extreme secrecy the buttonholiup went on Mt
great length behind sundry barns or pig
pens, while | remained in the saloons, an
Interested observer, being simply introduced
to the crowd by my consilerate friend as
'Mr. Holder, IL cousin of mine" We arrived
at the last camp before reaching the county
town about nine o'clock in the evening.
"This is u hard old place" said the deputy
"There's more fools to the square inch in this
Camp than any other of the county. There's
a crowd here who loaf all day and raise the
devil all night. When they sleep, or how they
get their living, the Lord only knows. Yes,
they're ut it now!n
About half way through the single street
we were suddenly confronted bv n huge
apparently mechanical coutrivancc mounted
:Ss { Va: $ :sss. sss s %ssass sSss
sssssssss s l' saa'ss'ap1s's % Camera " ssa
one pl the party